verb🔗Shareقطف، نتفTo pull something sharply; to pull something out"She plucked the phone from her bag and dialled."انتزعت الهاتف من حقيبتها واتصلت.actionprocessChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗Shareانتزع، اقتلعTo take or remove (someone) quickly from a particular place or situation."The teacher was plucking students from the hallway and bringing them into the classroom after the bell rang. "كان المعلم ينتزع الطلاب من الممر ويدخلهم إلى الفصل بعد رنين الجرس.actionsituationChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗Shareعزف، نتفTo gently play a single string, e.g. on a guitar, violin etc."Whereas a piano strikes the string, a harpsichord plucks it."بينما يضرب البيانو الوتر، يعزف العود عليه.musicsoundentertainmentactionChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareنتفTo remove feathers from a bird."After hunting the duck, my grandfather spent an hour plucking its feathers before cooking it. "بعد اصطياد البطة، أمضى جدي ساعة في نتف ريشها قبل طهيها.animalfoodbirdactionChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗Shareنهب، سلب، سرقTo rob, fleece, steal forcibly"The horny highwayman plucked his victims to their underwear, or attractive ones all the way."نهب اللص الشهواني ضحاياه حتى ملابسهم الداخلية، أو الجذابات حتى النهاية.propertyactionChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗Shareعزف الوتر باليدTo play a string instrument pizzicato."Plucking a bow instrument may cause a string to break."قد يتسبب عزف الوتر باليد على آلة القوس في قطع الوتر.musicentertainmentChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗Shareنتف، قطفTo pull or twitch sharply."The nervous student kept plucking at a loose thread on his shirt during the exam. "ظل الطالب العصبي ينتف خيطًا سائبًا من قميصه أثناء الامتحان.actionbodyChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗Shareالرسوب، السقوط(university slang) To be rejected after failing an examination for a degree."After failing his final history exam, he was worried he would be plucking. "بعد رسوبه في امتحان التاريخ النهائي، كان قلقًا من أنه سيرسب.educationdegreeChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareاقتلاعOf a glacier: to transport individual pieces of bedrock by means of gradual erosion through freezing and thawing."The glacier is plucking rocks from the mountain, slowly carving out the valley as it moves. "يقتلع النهر الجليدي الصخور من الجبل، وينحت الوادي ببطء أثناء تحركه.geologygeographyenvironmentnatureChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗Shareالقطف، النتف(gerund of pluck) An act in which something is plucked."The plucking of eyebrows is a common beauty practice. "نتف الحاجبين ممارسة تجميلية شائعة.actionChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗Shareقطعة، نتفA fragment of something obtained by plucking."After the fight, there was a plucking of fur left on the carpet where the cats had been battling. "بعد القتال، كان هناك نتف من الفرو متبقيًا على السجادة حيث كانت القطط تتقاتل.partthingChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
